elegancy

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Secondly, because he is, I perceive, a lover of elegancy of style and can endure no man’s tautologies but his own; and therefore I would not distaste him with too frequent repetition of one word.

From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John

Lord Bacon, in his essay "Of Gardens," says, "When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely; as if gardening were the greater perfection."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various

“I took fust-class when at school in the States for elegancy and deportment.”

From The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

The elegancy of which universum, though it cannot be rendered in our language; yet leaves an impression of the Wit on our souls.

From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor

We were prettily received and entertained here, and an elegancy ran through every thing, persons as well as furniture, yet all plain.

From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel